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Jeff Sandefer
The Changing Value of Tenure
by Jeff Sandefer There’s something interesting happening when a professor—at a prestigious university no less—gives up his hard-won tenure to pursue an entrepreneurial opportunity in innovative education.
A Summit on the Future of Business Education
By Jeff Sandefer In my experience, university faculty typically fall into two camps: (1) teachers who care deeply about their students, and (2) political types who care more about their own prestige. Sadly, the professors most often featured in the press come mostly from the political group—teachers are too busy teaching to waste time … Continue reading
Transformational Education in Action: Children’s Business Fair
By Jeff Sandefer. What do you get when give kids the chance to Make something with his or her own hands; Sell it (safely) to a stranger; and Experience the freedom (and responsibility) of having a little extra spending money as a reward? I call these three things the “3 Magic Seeds of Entrepreneurship” (pdf). … Continue reading
Godin on Modern “Factory” Education
By Jeff Sandefer Seth Godin asks the right question about modern education in a recent blog post: As we get ready for the 93rd year of universal public education, here’s the question every parent and taxpayer needs to wrestle with: Are we going to applaud, push or even permit our schools (including most … Continue reading
Smoke and Mirrors at the University of Texas
Written by Wick Allison in D Magazine Last month I endorsed the questions Jeff Sandefer has raised about the performance of our two major public universities. In answer to those questions, UT Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa presented a “Framework for Advancing Excellence,” which was endorsed unanimously by the Board of Regents and praised widely by editorial … Continue reading
New Models for Status Quo Universities
Written by Jeff Sandefer Is it possible to create a new type of public university, where professors and administrators make clear promises to their students and deliver an exceptional education at a reasonable cost? It’s not only possible, it’s a reality at the University of Minnesota–Rochester, where Chancellor Stephen Lehmkuhle has shown that a … Continue reading
UT Chancellor Lays Out Broad Plan for Higher Education Reform
New reform framework unites critics and supporters of ‘seven breakthrough solutions’ By Teddy Wilson In much-anticipated remarks to the University of Texas Board of Regents Thursday, Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa laid out a broad nine-point plan to streamline operations across the system, increase accountability and expand science and medical education around the state. The “Framework Action … Continue reading
Praising Excellence in Higher Education
Written by Jeff Sandefer One of the great joys of being a teacher is getting the chance to work with other teachers who change the lives of students.Just this week I came across the great work that Brad Hancock is doing as the Director of the Neeley Entrepreneurship Center at Texas Christian University, especially with … Continue reading
Want to Be a Good Researcher? Try Teaching
Written by By Dan Berrett Graduate students in the sciences who both teach and conduct research show greater improvement in their research skills than do those who focus exclusively on laboratory work, says a report to be published in the August 19 issue of Science. The report, “Graduate Students’ Teaching Experiences Improve Their Methodological Research … Continue reading
Results-based Model for Higher Education Within Reach. By Jeff Sandefer
By Jeff Sandefer Texans have an extraordinary opportunity to create a new results-based model for higher education in America, a model that prepares our students for more productive and meaningful lives and supports powerful breakthroughs in the sciences and the humanities. As a successful entrepreneur who has taught for more than 20 years in some … Continue reading
Publisher Brings Texas Higher Ed Debate, ‘seven solutions,’ to This Month’s D Magazine. By Mary Lee Grant
By Mary Lee Grant American Independent D magazine’s publisher Wick Allison brought the debate over Texas higher education reform to his magazine’s pages this month, supporting the “seven breakthrough solutions” backed by Jeff Sandefer and the Texas Public Policy Foundation, and taking Texas’ public universities to task for their recent performance. Allison writes that Rice … Continue reading
Improving Higher Education in Texas. By Jeff Sandefer
It’s time for the debate about reforming higher education in Texas to move past disparaging professors or demonizing reformers, so we can capitalize on ways to improve the learning and research at our Texas universities. By Jeff Sandefer The cost of a college degree is too high, and our graduates are not as well prepared … Continue reading
How Productive Do Professors Have to Be?
By Charlotte Allen The firing of a controversial aide to the University of Texas system has triggered a full-blown debate over the productivity of teachers and whether “star” professors who teach few classes are really worth the cost to the public. Rick O’Donnell, dismissed on April 19 after only 49 days on the job as … Continue reading
Texas official: Higher ed can Improve, Cheaply
We thought this was a good story, but we thought it misinformed for the subject to suggest “It appears to me that someone, for some reason, is manufacturing a crisis.” – referring to university costs and management. Crushing student debt and escalating fees are not a manufactured crisis. There is a real crisis, and the public … Continue reading
Making Universities Accountable: The Oxbridge Solution
By William Lutz Earlier this week, I received a submission from a higher education expert who often publishes his work under the pseudonym Publius Audax. He disagrees with UT Liberal Arts Dean Randy Diehl’s recent report attacking the Texas Public Policy Foundation and Texas philanthropist Jeff Sandefer’s “7 Breakthrough Solutions.” He also proposes a reform of … Continue reading
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Times of Florida
- Rick Scott, Florida Governor, Cuts College Funding, Vetoes Unlimited Tuition Hike Bill
- La Raza Launches Campaign to Register Hispanic Voters
- Next Generation: What Does the Future Hold for Hispanic College Graduates?
- Luidia finds that tight budgets change, don’t eliminate tech implementations
- Romney’s Attack on Latinos Sends the Right Off a Cliff
- In our schools: Keys to helping non-native speakers learn
- Florida GOP moving forward with several bills to increase state funding for charter schools
- Jeb Bush foundation helps shape Florida education policy
- Latino swing voters and higher ed
- Florida Set for New Cut in Spending on Colleges – Tuition Increase
Americans For Prosperity – Texas
- Blogger provides fresh perspective of UT President Powers’ astroturf campaign to keep his job
- Texas primary ballot initiatives - non-binding polls
- Harmony Schools on CBS 60 Minutes - Turkish English teachers are needed
- School Board members censure fellow member - for dissent
- TPPF's Tom Lindsay and Maverick Owner Mark Cuban provide insight which could rock UT's ivory tower
- UT Regents Commended for Standing Up to Powers
- Texas to FWS: Leave Texas -- and the Lizard -- Alone
- San Antonio pushing almost $.5 Billion bond initiative
- AFP is the messenger of news Obama doesn't want out
- Local Governments Racking up Debt: House Ways & Means Committee Hearing - Testimony by Peggy Venable
Univision Austin
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Times of Florida
- Rick Scott, Florida Governor, Cuts College Funding, Vetoes Unlimited Tuition Hike Bill
- La Raza Launches Campaign to Register Hispanic Voters
- Next Generation: What Does the Future Hold for Hispanic College Graduates?
- Luidia finds that tight budgets change, don’t eliminate tech implementations
- Romney’s Attack on Latinos Sends the Right Off a Cliff
- In our schools: Keys to helping non-native speakers learn
- Florida GOP moving forward with several bills to increase state funding for charter schools
- Jeb Bush foundation helps shape Florida education policy
- Latino swing voters and higher ed
- Florida Set for New Cut in Spending on Colleges – Tuition Increase
AgendaWise Reports
- Speaker Struas stragglers marked
- Murphy Turner connected to shadow PACs
- Trina Lanza on her priorities for the 83rd Legislature
- Diane Patrick on her priorities for the 83rd Legislature
- Straus the weak
- Diane Patrick on her vote for speaker
- Trina Lanza on her vote for speaker
- Vicki Truitt’s Trouble
- Mark Shelton on the expansion of gambling
- Mark Shelton on his priorities for the 83rd Legislature
Texas Insider
- Grass-Roots Politics: GOP-USA’s Bobby Eberle Talks GOP Politics
- Texas Unemployment Rate Down to 6.9%
- Boehner to Obama on Deficit War: ‘This Is a Line in the Sand’
- Catholic University Students Casualties Of ObamaCare
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- Romney to Inch Closer to Clinching Party Nod
- Catholic Student’s Losing Coverage due to ObamaCare Mandates
- Home Loans for Veterans in Texas
- Administration Approves Nomination of Houston Police Officer as U.S. Marshall for the Southern District of Texas
- How the Gay-Marriage Mob Slimed Manny Pacquiao
Freedomworks.org Texas
- Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey endorses Matt Beebe for State Representative in Texas House District 121
- FreedomWorks Grassroots Training in Round Rock, Tx on Feb. 18th
- FreedomWorks Grassroots Events in Texas - January 2012
- FreedomWorks grassroots training in Shreveport, Louisiana on Oct. 8th!
- Another One Bites the (Fracking) Dust
- In the Shadow of the Senate: A New Tax Emerges
- Join FreedomWorks and local Houston-area groups for grassroots training on July 16th
- Texas to TSA: "Come and Take It."
- Join FreedomWorks and Houston Tea Party on July 16th!
- The Light Bulb Resistance Movement
Freedomworks.org Florida
- CPAC Florida Recap
- Champions of Freedom Rout Competition in Florida
- Champions of Freedom Rout Competition in Florida
- FreedomWorks Kicks Off 'Give Us Liberty' Tour in Florida this week!
- What Do Rep. Allen Boyd's (D-FL) Constituents Think About Health Care Vote?
- Florida State Legislature is Back, and So Is the Need for Insurance Reform
- Florida State Legislature is Back, and So Is the Need for Insurance Reform
- Woman's year-ago protest launched tea party movement in Florida
STEM
- STEM Ed Update: Sign-on Letter on Federal Budget, Upcoming Events, NEW STEM Reports
- Coalition Issues Core Policy Principles for 2012
- Coalition Testifies to House Approps on NSF’s Education Programs
- Quotes on STEM Education from the 2/28 House Markup of ESEA Legislation
- The White House Invites You to Join on a Budget Call to Discuss STEM Education
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